Store-cabinet.



W. H. DELANEY.

STORE CABINET. APPLICATION man msc. i4, 1914.

Patented Jan. 15,1918.

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WILLIAM H. DELANEY, 0F PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

STORE-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December 14, 1914. Serial No. 877,264.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLLAM H. DELANEY, citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Cabinets; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to store cabinets. It pertains more particularlyto a cabinet in which to display and from which to sell articles offood. It is particularly adapted for the display of articles of sale,the cabinet being so constructed that it can be opened fully at two ofits sides when a sale is to be made.

An object of the invention is to provide a sanitary cabinet Whose topand one of its walls may be opened and moved out of the way to permitworking within the cabinet by the use of a. very simplev form andmechanism.

Another object is to furnish a cabinet of simple construction the topand one side of which can be opened and closed and that will operatesmoothly and with the least amount of eifort and which will balance oneanother without requiring separate balancing parts. j

Another object is to furnish a cabinet wherein none of the movable partswill extend laterally from it in the way of persons working about orpassing said cabinet.

Other objects of the invention will appear herein aided by theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 shows the cabinet in perspective.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cabinet in section.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of two parts of the cabinet, one beingslidable in the other; and,

Fig. et is a sectional elevation of parts of the cabinet showing therelative positions of its bottom and a sliding-.closure when the latteris opened to its widest limit.

A A indicate the sides of the cabinet, B the front, and C the bottom.Preferably the sides and front are furnished with transparent panels Althrough which the customer may view the goods on sale.

D is a closure for the rear side of the cabinet arranged in an uprightposition and slidable in grooves E on the inside surfaces of the` sidesA, there being but one of said grooves shown in the figures.

The top of the cabinet is represented at F being hinged to the frontportion as at Gr, for example. H H represent two hangers pi\f'otallysuspended at their upper ends from the upper rail of each side A. Alever-arm ,l is pivoted between its ends to the depending free end ofeach of said hangers. One end of each of said leverarms is pivoted to asuitable bracket K secured to the sliding closure D, the opposite endbeing pivotally attached to one end of a link L, the other end of thelatter being pivoted to a suitable bracket lvl secured to the undersideof the top F.

The brackets K are attached to the closure D near its upper edge so thatin the lowest position of said closure its upper edge Z will liesubstantially flush with the upper surface of the bottom C so that thesaid upper surface will be unobstructed, as a working surface as shownin Fig. 4, thus giving the attendant clear working space for the use ofa knife for instance which can be brought down squarely upon the saidbottom when cutting articles of sale such as cheese, the closure beingentirely out of the way.

The dotted lines indicate the various positions of the severalparts ofthe structure when the closure D and the top F are closed or wide open,the full lines indicating substantially the middle position of theseportions. The relation of these parts to one another is necessarily suchthat when the top is closed, the closure D must have been raised to itshighest limit to meet it. Also, when the top is raised entirely out ofthe way, the closure D must descend to the lowest position described.The weight of the top with respect to that of the closure D, togetherwith the relation of the leverages of the members J must be such thatthe closure D and the said top will balance one another.

Preferably the top F has a depending apron F provided with a handle F2.The apron and the top edge of the closure` D are correspondinglyrabbeted so that a dusttight joint is formed. By reason of the fact,also, that the closure D lies in the grooves E, the interior of thecabinet is still further protected from dust and the entrance ofinsects.

It is observed that the upper edge of the closure D is recessed so as toleave the up wardly projecting corner portions D. The

brackets K, which may rest upon the bottom C when the cabinet is openare attached to these corners leaving the intermediate portion Hush withthe bottom C as already eX- plained.

There are certain cheese cabinets on the market more or less complicatedin structure,

all of which require considerable eifortto operate on account of thestructureemployed andare otherwise unsatisfactory. lowever, the cabinetshown herein, operates smoothly and but little eil'ort is required inthe operation since the parts are nicely balanced and in addition theiact, also, that as the closure l) moves in vertically arranged guideslittle or no binding can result.

lily structure diiiers `from those of the art in that the top F movesupward and the vertically movable part D both move entirely out et' theway of the operator and expose the entire interior space which in acheese cabinet, for example, is extremely important, the operator beingenabled to work within said cabinet without being hampered in any way,the said part D dropping so fai" down that its upper edge is at leastflush with the yupper surface ot' the bottom C.

A closure cannot be permitted to open tou ward the voperator since he iscompelled to work at arms length and therefore at a disadvantage besideswhich when in cramped quarters such a iorm of device is very undesirableon account of the space necessary to provide tor its use.

lA cabinet having a top portion slidable parallel to the bottom cannotbe fully opened and if so constructed as to be fully opened said topwould be projected beyond the space allotedto the cabinet and these areall dis advantages recognized by the trade.

` My device, however, has none ot these disadvantages. Furthermore, asdistinguished from the art the mechanism of my said desure; one beingpivotally connected to the other, and a pivotally suspended arm, one ofthe members being directly pivoted between its' ends thereto.

`Copies of this patent may be obtained for the first described closure;`

2. AThe combination in a cabinet, of a bottoni, two side walls and athird wall connecting the said side walls, aclosure hinged at the top ofthe said third wall and adapted to close the top side of the cabinet, aclosure at the open side of the cabinet arranged to have movement in aplane parallel to the said third wall, amember carried by the cabinetand adapted to swing, arlever fulcrumed between-its endsA onsaid-ymember, and having pivotal connection with the last named closure,and a member pivoted vatore end to' the opposite endof the lever and-pivotallyconnected to the first named closure.

3f. The combination with a cabinet open at one side andi-at its top, ofa closure for the open top of said cabinet hinged at one of its edges toone ofthe walls of said cabinet and having a Vdepending portion, aclosure` for the open side adapted for movement parallel to saidopen-side and the wall opposite said open side, the upper edge of thelast named closure adapted to abut against the depending portion oftheiirst named closure, a linkpivotally!suspendedffroin the cabinet ateach side and free to swing, a. lever fulcrumed between its ends on eachlink and pivotally attached to `the second described closure, andainember pivoted-to the other end'of each lever aiidpivotally attachedto d. The con'ibination with a'cabinet open at one side and at its top,of `a closure tor the open top of said cabinet hinged at one ofits-edges to one ofthe walls of said cabinot, a closure for the openside adapted for movement parallel to said open'side and the wallopposite saidopen side',- and engaging runways carried by the sidewalls, the upper edgeV of thelast named closure when wide open adaptedto lie substantially Hush with the upper surface of the bottom of thecabinet and having extensions adapted to projectabove saidbottom, theextremity of the rst named closureadapted" to abutupon the said upperedge of the other, a link pivotally suspended from the cabinetl ateachside and free to swing, a lever fulcrumed between its ends on each linkand each pivotally'attached at one end to the extensions of the seconddescribed closure, anda member pivoted to theiother endv of each Yleverand pivotally attached to the first described closure. y

Iii-testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature,

in presence of twowitnesses, .WILLIAM H. DELANEY. lllitnesses:

L. O. EAGLETON,

L. M. lli-ininiow.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissionerof Patents, 'WashingtoinD. C. i' l

